Ludwig

Next up after the Fw-190 which btw... I never liked the reference "Butcher Bird" as it was used. No, it was not called that it was called a "Shrike" as many German aircraft were named after birds... .Storch, Condor, etc.... the 190 was named Shrike which IS called "butcher bird" so it came to that name second hand. Anyway... The "F" model 109 is a machine and it owned the Spitfire Mk V.

Music... one of my favorites. I actually heard this through the headphones in a B-25 for the first time down in HRL in the early 80s. It was a hoot. Nat King Cole, "Straighten Up And Fly Right"

Moved on to the next one:

This is the guy I like. I would love to get a chance to do this.

It sold for..................... $8,900 I guess it would cost more than that to buy the components. Stands, monitors and computer, wheels.... yeah, more than that.

The magic between ships and sailors. GOOD for you! Always enjoy seeing others enjoy.

The book I just finished on Walter Schuck may well be the single best I have ever come across. He obviously kept a very detailed journal and really had a lot to say. Just started this one today

Well... I wonder if they are generous or are times getting hard for them.... here is another one today HAPPY EASTER.

Someone spent some dough on this and then my personal opinion is they didn't like it. I don't like it.... but no one asked me either. ANYWAY.... lots of hardware here thought I would pass it along for the fun of it. No Reserve: Multi-Display Simulator for sale on BaT Auctions - ending April 5 (Lot #142,266) | Bring a Trailer

Looks to be a scratch and dent sale at VIRPIL. 2 grips and a deck mount joystick base marked down. If this is something you have been wanting might be your chance to save some dough. The base is 26% off with 10% off the grips. VIRPIL EU - B-Stock - Shop (virpil-controls.eu)

Came across this the other day. It was printed in 2007 as Walter never wanted to write the book but was encouraged to do so by friends and family. WHAT a book. The detail is amazing. Obviously he kept journals and took lots of personal pictures. SO wonderful to see this stuff come to life. Walter died in 2015 so very thankful that he shared this with the world.

I enjoy this sim so much more than IL-2. When the VR finally is released I think that you will as well. I don't use it, so I get the chance to enjoy this now. PS... I have been using the Odyssey 49" curved monitors for both my driving and flight sim and now the 57" version is out. I don't know.... just might have to upgrade.

BB-35 back on the waves again. That was pretty fast I thought. Sure nice to see something such as this and good news for a change

"Legends and Lies The Patriots" is on one of the Fox channels and I have always felt that the American Revolutionary War was one of the areas of military history I had not expended much effort and have made minimal inroads on correcting this. I saw a couple of episodes from Season 2 and they were pretty good. I have not been able to check the accuracy but so far there have not been any instances that were out of line with what I remember.

"The Enemy Below" it will hold your attention and an honorable mention to "Lifeboat" if you have not seen it definitely worth a peek. Walter Slezak plays a heck of a role.

Pre-release view

It is quite well written, I know that audible books have their advantages but this one I think would play better in your own head. No, not C.S. Forrester.... but really smooth read, it just flows.

I call that bold talk for a one eyed fat man......

Just got this one, well recommended by the jacket reviews and it has not disappointed. A good easy read, I can really use that right now.

Hey.... FWIW.... I put Sirius XM radio in my cars and I really have been enjoying it a lot. It comes out to less than $100 a year and the NO commercials is worth more than that alone. The first couple of months I probably said "wow.... I have not heard that in years" about 100 times. The car stereo place told me to just take the free subscription for however long it lasted ... 60 days... maybe 90.... and then not renew and they would come back with a better priced offer. Also you didn't have to cancel through some process that you would forget or be unable and get re-enrolled. It stops, that is part of the deal, you have to make the effort to keep it going. I have been driving between San Antonio and Fort Worth a lot... and it has been a real treat.

Hey that's pretty neato.... I played DEADLINE by INFOCOM back when we got our IBM 8086 computer. Had to use floppies, we couldn't afford the 1 meg hard drive, it was $1,000

Beech 18 or DC-3... if it is NOT dripping you are out of oil.

Ho Ho Ho from DCS..... 50% off sale.... sort of....

The RNAV chart showed up in our ops today along with the SafeTaxi chart for the ramp. I guess it hit the internet and exploded.

I really didn't think that it would come to this but apparently the Collings foundation has pulled the plug on their wonderful collection of flyable aircraft and they are no longer going to allow them to depart the Earth. I hope I read this wrong.... maybe someone here will correct me that I have it incorrect. This is really sad, I grew up with the CAF in HRL and that was the CONFEDERATE Airforce... not the more recent politically correct version. Great bunch of guys and we had a blast down in South Texas back in the day and it was even non-radar back well into the 80's. Maybe they will sell off their collection and allow others to operate and enjoy these machines. They do JUST FINE...... I can't think of a single incident that was anything other than pilot error. The problem is once again a supreme shortage of skilled aviators that spent THOUSANDS (and TENS of thousands) of hours flying learning their craft in lieu of the multi-hundred hour managers that push buttons and call it flying. I have said it a million times, I am so glad that I lived and flew when I did. Yeah, the kids today my 10xs the money I did with the easiest schedule imaginable.... but I wouldn't trade for anything.